{"id":1273,"date":"2011-09-01T15:21:15","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T14:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.odrakir.com\/blog\/?p=1273"},"modified":"2011-09-10T00:28:35","modified_gmt":"2011-09-09T23:28:35","slug":"bye-bye-ios-hello-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.odrakir.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/01\/bye-bye-ios-hello-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Bye bye iOS, Hello Android"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yes, I’ve gone Android.<\/p>\n

For those who know me that might come as a shock. I’m a big Apple fan, I have a Mac since 2007 and never thought of going back to Linux or Windows (until recently with Lion’s release, but those are another 2 cents)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I got an iPhone 3G when they were released in Portugal. The first year using it was awesome, the second was normal, after that Apple turned my phone into a zombie. The last iOS 4 update, 4.2, left my phone crippled, unusable, with most of the new features left out. Still I used it for what I could… email, Twitter, music and a few apps.<\/p>\n

Everything else was a bloated and dreadful experience, even the mere act of typing something in the keyboard was a torture, it literally froze the keys for a few seconds. My 3G became a pale shadow of the awesome phone it once was.<\/p>\n

I needed a new device, it didn’t have to be a phone, I could perfectly live my daily digital life with a tablet, email, Facebook, Twitter, a good browser, WordPress support and I was set… but there was a problem: I was sick of iOS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For me, as an iOS user, I got almost no new features for my 3G with iOS 4. So sticking with the same OS for 3 years in a row, can get you pretty tired of it.<\/p>\n

I’m up to date on iOS info and rumors. I know what’s new for iOS 5 and I’ve played with a few iPhones 4… and even with all the new bells n’ whistles, I wasn’t buying it. Plus, with a new iPhone 4S or 5 or whatever Apple is going to release in October, it was more of the same.<\/p>\n

So, as an Apple fan, I considered buying an iPad, same eco-system but with a few differences here and there, enough to give me something usable and new to explore. I’ve played with a few iPads from friends and co-workers. Hell of a machine. It was on my buy list, until Android crept in…<\/p>\n

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Enter the Android<\/h3>\n

While looking for alternatives in the tablet world, I came across the Asus EEE Transformer<\/a>, not the prettiest of the tablets around, but it’s a behemoth with excellent specs. It runs Android Honeycomb, specific for tablets, it has a nvidia chipset and the bonus is the keyboard docking you can get, making it an excellent replacement for a netbook or even a notebook. The docking gives an extra battery juice, increasing the autonomy, the screen is up par with iPad’s, included are mini HDMI port, micro SD and full SD ports, USB… heck, a geeks dream!<\/p>\n

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I played with it for a bit at a Worten store and I was very very surprised to see how much Android had matured since I last tested it. The experience was no less enjoyable that it was on the iPad 2, it was cheaper, more expandable and with a more open and customizable OS.<\/p>\n

I began to update on Android info, how it was now, the releases, the apps, the devices running it, and yet again, I was very surprised. Android grew up to a very powerful OS and I didn’t notice, I was so closed in my Apple world that I forgot to look outside.<\/p>\n

When the day came, I was split between an iPad 2 Wifi + 3G and an Android phone. I know, twist on the plot, but the fact that the Asus Transformer doesn’t have 3G was a bit of a let down. That, and the lack of apps for tablets running Honeycomb on the Android Market.<\/p>\n

So, what really weighted on my decision? I know it’s not fair to compare a phone with a tablet, but I really didn’t want an iPhone 4 or to wait for 5, so here’s my line of tought:<\/p>\n

iPad 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pros:<\/p>\n